a worthless fellow

a worthless fellow

Rotten wood and dirt is a Chinese idiom, and the Pinyin is Xi ǔ m ù f è NT ǔ, which means to refer to people who are not able to be cultivated or useful to society.

explain

Rotten wood: rotten wood; dung: dirty soil. It refers to the person who is not able to be cultivated and is of no use to the society.

source

In the Analects of Confucius, gongyechang said, "when you lay down in the daytime, Confucius said," you can't carve rotten wood, and you can't build walls of dung. How can you punish you? "

usage

Combined; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Zai Yu, a disciple of Confucius, was very good at speaking beautiful words. At first, Confucius liked him very much and thought that he would be promising. But soon Confucius found that he often didn't come to class. He sent people to look for him and found that he was sleeping in his room. After knowing this, Confucius said sadly, "rotten wood can't be carved, and walls like dirt can't be painted."